She began her professional acting career in 1946 in Europe, where she entertained GIs. Returning to the United States, she joined the Gaslight Troupers in Emeryville in the late 1940s, appeared at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, and in the critically acclaimed production of "Heartbreak House" in Los Angeles with Carroll O'Conner.

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Her television appearances included a three-year role as Ellen Mason in the daytime soap opera "The Guiding Light" and a regular role in the network sitcom "The Cara Williams Show."

In 1978, Jeanne Arnold married Bill Stevens of Flint, Michigan and appeared in 26 productions at the Meadowbrook Theater in Rochester, Mich.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children, Molly Stevens of Austin, Texas, Patrick Stevens of Portsmouth, N.H., and John Stevens of Flint; her brother, Robert Arnold of Palo Alto; two nephews and one niece.